Katy Devoux runs a gambling-drinking joint in British Columbia. She is a fair-playing business woman, but is ashamed of the source of her income, so she has had her daughter Nona raised in the states. Jeff Bowman, an unprincipled scoundrel and business rival, arranges for her daughter to come to town in hope of bringing shame to the mother. He overplays his hand and is killed by Tim Reed, a faithful retainer of Katy's and in love with Nona. The plea is self defense.
Acting
Pauline Frederick anchors every scene with silent-era gravitas.
Production
UCLA preservation of this nearly-lost pre-Code curiosity.
Director
Phil Rosen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Pauline Frederick's penultimate film; the silent superstar's voice was deemed too 'theatrical' for sound stardom.
The 'gambling-drinking joint' Katy runs would likely have been censored just two years later under the enforced Production Code.
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